Comments on: Collect on the Incarnationhttps://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/collect-on-the-incarnation/
Serving the joyful cultivation of the theological craft for the life of the church: inquiring honestly, deliberating wisely, acting faithfullyMon, 05 Mar 2018 23:49:38 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Kent Eilershttps://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2011/09/18/collect-on-the-incarnation/#comment-25164
Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:30:53 +0000http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=4484#comment-25164Bretton, whatever comfort the Church draws from its confession of Jesus’ divinity and humanity is on account of his full humanity (whatever that might mean), namely that he redeems and restores all that makes us human. As Gregory of Nazianzus puts it, “For what he has not assumed, he has not healed” (“An Examination of Apollinarianism”). Statements such as these are in my view simply trying to continue speaking of Christ in the light of such passages as Hebrews 2, especially vv.14-18:

“Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, 15and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. 16For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. 17Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. 18For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”

To questions like you raise, it seems to me generally unhelpful to press Jesus’ self-awareness beyond what the Gospel accounts allow us to say.

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Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:04:49 +0000http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=4484#comment-25162If Jesus is just like us, if he is human, in many respects? If for example, he makes errors, even in major doctrinal matters (regarding his place in the Trinity, and so forth)? Then? What are the implications of that? Is this as comforting as many have thought?
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